Which Humanities/Social Sciences classes to take?

<p>Ok, I have a couple questions about classes I should take. </p>

<p>Next year I will be majoring in EECS as a Freshman and currently I am planning on signing up for:</p>

<p>Math 53/54
Physics 7A/7B
CS 61A/61B. </p>

<p>Now that is 12 credits/semester and I also want to take 1 Freshman seminar (1 credit) each semester as well as an easy Humanities course each semester. I need a recommendation on a really easy Humanities course that I can take that will satisfy either my Reading and Composition or my other Humanities requirements. Anyone have any ideas about any classes with easy graders/material?</p>

<p>I have heard that CS 61 is an EXTREMELY hard class as well as Math 53 so I want to leave some room for those classes with easy Humanities classes Freshman year.</p>

<p>(On a side note, am I suicidal or is this actually something I can pull off if I get an easy Humanities course?)</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

<p>I second Dung Fu’s question about the reasonableness (if that is even a word) of such a schedule, as I am in the same situation. My tentative schedule consists of the same courses Dung Fu listed as well as IB 24 (a freshman seminar) and IB 35AC for the humanities.</p>

<p>IB 35AC is a physical anthropology course. My thoughts is that it would either be considered a biological or social science course, not a humanities course. You should double check with the CoE people</p>

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<p>Well, I would be willing to take either a Reading/Composition Course or an other kind of Humanities/Social Sciences Course, just so that it was easy and fulfilled credits for Humanities/Social Sciences.</p>

<p>If I am going to take the recommended schedule for Freshman for EECS, then first semester would be a class from the A List:
African American Studies R1A
Asian American Studies R2A
Celtic Studies R1A
Chicano St. R1AN
College Writing R1A or N1A
College Writing R4A
Comparative Literature R1A, N1A or H1A
Comparative Literature R2A
Comparative Literature R3A
English R1A or N1A
Film Studies R1A
French R1A (taught in English)
Gender & Women’s Studies R1A
German R5A (taught in English)
Italian R5A (taught in English)
Native American Studies R1A
Near Eastern Studies R1A (taught inEnglish))
Near Eastern Studies R2A (taught in English))
Rhetoric R1A or N1A
Scandinavian R5A (taught in English)
Slavic R5A (taught in English)
South and Southeast Asian Studies R5A
South Asian R5A (taught in English)
Theater R1A</p>

<p>And second semester would be a class from the B List:
African American Studies R1B
English R1B or N1A
Asian American Studies R2B
Film Studies R1B
Anthropology R5B
French R1B (taught in English)
Celtic Studies R1B
Gender & Women’s Studies R1B or N1B
College Writing R4B German
R5B (taught in English)
Comparative Literature R1B,
H1B or N1B History of Art R1B
Comparative Literature R2B
History R1
Comparative Literature R3B
Italian RB
Native American Studies R1B Slavic R5B (taught in English)
Near Eastern Studies R1B (taught in English)
Slavic R37W
Near Eastern Studies R2B (taught in English)
South & Southeast Asian Studies R5B
Rhetoric R1B or N1B
South Asian Studies R5B (taught in English)
Scandinavian R5B (taught in English)
Theatre R1B</p>

<p>This is just the B-1 List, but there are also many other courses that satisfy the B list requirement in the College of Engineering. I just to want to worry about the “A” List at the moment if I am going to take the recommended schedule for EECS students.</p>

<p>[Rest</a> of “B” List is here.](<a href=“http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/hssreq.pdf]Rest”>http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/hssreq.pdf)</p>

<p>It’s a reasonable schedule. You’ll have enough to do if you haven’t seen these subjects before, but you can do it. The CS 61 series is not impossible, but it is time-consuming, and 61B, if taught by Paul Hilfinger, is very, very hard.</p>

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<p>any other suggestions on which eng/social sciences classes to take?</p>